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Tom Test · DC Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 629 Location: Chicago, IL

I noticed this deal today at the W00T

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http://www.all4cellular.com/dailydeal/

I use mine as part of my travel rig, so silence was importance (though I had to swap out the HD for a Samsung SSD for totallly silent operation). The seller has 4.4 out of 5 starts in over 1500 reviews, so they seem legit. This is a killer deal. (I paid $225 for a used one on eBay only a few months ago!).
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todd ellis · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:41 am Post subject:

wow! that's just about "throw away" price!

i bought an refurb asus mini from these guys a few months ago - no problems so far & shipped super-fast.
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captain54 · Lucky 700 Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago

wow...thanks....just scored one of these bad boys...

the 1012 mini is fanless, as is my Hackintosh mini 10v (which BTW is discontinued and is the last Dell hardware config to be able to run Linux)

So I'm assuming it's as silent as the mini 10v, which is dead quiet. It does run very hot though if its running a while, and I had to get one of those laptop coolers. I'd be curious to know if an SSD would cool it down a bit.

The Hackintosh is great, although it is a big PITA as far as running programs that require screen resolution. I was actually able to run Logic 8 in some fashion, but have noticed some features not functioning correctly.

heyguido · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:10 pm Post subject:

The SSD would not reduce heat much at all, since the biggest culprit is the chip itself, that's what most larger units have a fan for.

It would, however eliminate the sound of the hard drive reading and writing data..... which is probably the only sound that little gem makes.
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ricevoice · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:21 pm Post subject:

Awesome! I just grabbed one.... thanks for the link!
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:31 pm Post subject:

me, too! thanks, tom!
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